This analysis examines a Supreme Court judgment (Dinayadura Kanakaratne vs. Wasalage Gunawathie, Dedimuni Kamani Sriyalatha De Silva, and Loku Liyaage Shiromi De Zoysa [SC APPEAL 36/12]) regarding the Partition Law No. 21 of 1977, focusing on the tension between the “conclusive” nature of partition decrees and the necessity of judicial fairness when a party is wrongfully excluded.